10 Trendy Long and Short Dark Hair Styles With Blonde Highlights for 2027

Hair Styles

Long, short, sleek, or curly, there’s a highlight style for your dark hair

Ever look at your dark hair and think, “Okay, but what if it had a little more light?” Same.

You want a fresh start for 2027, but not the kind you regret in three weeks. You want trendy, but still you.

Here are 10 long and short dark hair styles with blonde highlights, from soft and glowy to sleek and bold. Each one is wearable and easy to picture on yourself.

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Long Dark Hair With Buttery Blonde Money Pieces

📌 Save this glowy money piece look

Two bright strands framing your face, like a tiny spotlight.

It’s long, past the collarbones, with soft layers and glossy blowout waves. The blonde sits only at the front, so regrowth barely shows. It works best on thick hair and flatters oval, heart, and long faces.

Quick Tip: Blow-dry with a large round brush and add a drop of shine serum.

Sleek Dark Hair With Icy Blonde Face-Framing Highlights

📌 Pin this for your sleek hair mood

Hair that looks like it cost a small fortune.

A blunt, chest-length cut with a sharp center part and a glassy finish over a near-black base. The icy blonde starts at your cheekbones and lights up your whole face. It works best on medium to thick hair, and on oval or square faces. Expect toning visits to keep the blonde cool.

Long Wavy Dark Hair With Caramel Blonde Balayage

📌 Your easy sun-kissed hair idea

Garden-stroll-with-an-iced-coffee hair.

Mid-back length, seamless layers, and loose waves with warm caramel through the lengths. The shadowy roots mean you can skip the salon for months. Great for medium-density hair that waves easily, and it softens round and square faces.

Quick Tip: Wave it with a wide-barrel iron, then rake through with your fingers.

Long Curtain Bangs With Golden Blonde Highlights

📌 Save this fresh curtain bangs look

The “I want a change, but I’m nervous” cut. These grow out before you can panic.

Middle-parted bangs sweep over your cheekbones into long layers, with golden highlights brightening a chocolate base. The layers add movement without thinning your ends, so it suits fine to medium hair. Round, oval, and long faces love it.

Ask your stylist for: “Curtain bangs that blend into long layers, with golden highlights up front.”

Want something with more bounce? The next looks are all about movement.

Long Layered Dark Hair With Vanilla Blonde Ribbons

📌 Pin your next big hair glow-up

Thick hair that finally feels light.

Very long, with airy layers starting at the cheekbones and soft vanilla ribbons through the inside, so your brunette looks sunlit, not striped. It’s made for thick hair and flatters heart, oval, and square faces. Rough-dry, then curl the ends under with a round brush.

Short French Bob With Blonde Highlights and Wispy Bangs

📌 Save this effortless Parisian bob

The cut that makes people ask if you just got back from Paris.

A chin-length bob with a softly blunt edge, wispy bangs, and blonde pieces around the face and ends. Best on straight to slightly wavy, medium-density hair, and on oval, heart, or long faces. Plan a trim every six to eight weeks to keep the shape.

Quick Tip: Finger-tousle it dry with a little texture spray.

Textured Pixie With Dark Roots and Platinum Blonde Highlights

📌 Your bold pixie inspiration, saved

Big chop energy. If you’ve been saving pixie pins for months, this is your nudge.

Short at the sides, choppy on top, with a side-swept fringe and platinum over dark roots, so it looks edgy but grown-in. The texture makes fine hair look fuller. Oval, heart, and angular faces with defined cheekbones suit it best. Trims every four to six weeks.

Not ready for a pixie? The next styles are softer and easier to live with.

Short Wavy Bob With Honey Blonde Balayage

📌 Save this sunny wavy bob idea

Done with long hair, not ready for a big cut? Here’s the happy middle.

A jaw-grazing bob with relaxed S-waves and honey balayage, plus brighter pieces by your face. The shadow root keeps it low effort. Medium-density hair gets a little air at the crown, and rounder or squarer jawlines look softer.

Quick Tip: Flip your head upside down for ten seconds before the final scrunch.

Short Curly Bob With Caramel Blonde Highlights

📌 Pin this bouncy curl moment

A cut made for your curls, not against them.

A rounded bob just above the shoulders, with layers placed so curls stay full instead of triangular. Caramel highlights sit through the outer curls. It suits medium-to-high density hair and round, oval, or heart faces. Use curl cream, scrunch, and leave it alone.

Ask your stylist for: “A curly bob cut dry, so I can see how each curl falls.”

Short Sleek Bob With Ash Blonde Peekaboo Highlights

📌 Save this polished peekaboo bob

A secret that only shows when you turn your head.

A neck-length bob with a clean blunt line and a deep side part, with ash blonde hiding under the top layer and flashing behind the ear. Best on straight, dense hair, and it flatters oval, long, and square faces. A flat iron and a little smoothing serum keep it sharp, with trims every six weeks.